u/princess_of_bugs

sorry if it's not too visible... Mayfly, my purple mosaic male, has this white thing dangling out of his side, seems slightly less active than usual, should I be concerned?

their personalities never fail to bring me joy :3

ive been making posts about all of my fish individually as I treat them for columnaris, and u guys have been giving them tonnns of love, so I thought id show them all off at once :3 it's a trio of red dragons and a trio of purple mosaics. (im not too fussed about them making mutts lol, i just want em to be happy)
their columnaris appears to be getting better as well! :D

im currently treating the tank with kanaplex bc of a few guppies showing signs of cottonmouth, but this female seems to be missing several scales along her head and back. she's been acting really territorial and swimming around quite erratically and chasing the others a lot as well, but I'm not sure if these are correlated. I've already treated the tank with aquarium salt so I'm not sure if there's anything else I can do, anyone have any insight?

edit: thanks for all the love on her lol, her name is Lisa Frank and she's a red dragon I got as part of a trio from Tucky's Bettas. she's colored up tons since I got her and I hope I can help her to feel better :(

both of my female purple mosaics have this white fuzz around their mouths, one much more than the other. I dont see any other signs of sickness on them but if it is an infection i feel like i should treat asap. Should i treat the whole tank? What do yall recommend? I already treated the tank with salt but really dont want to lose them.

my male red dragon, Kiryu: at night he's super active and loves to graze at the top, but any time the lights are on he hides under driftwood or rock, as if he's sensitive to the light. i have some red root floaters now but going to add frogbit tomorrow to see if the shade encourages him to come out more... anyway, I'm worried he might have velvet due to his hiding at the bottom during the day, does this look like the "gold dust" or just natural coloration? if it is sickness what's ur advice on treating him? should I treat the whole tank? im worried about crashing my cycle but at the same time the whole tank would likely be affected by disease....

my male purple mosaic, Mayfly: he was like this when i got him last week, he seems extremely active and energetic, doesnt seem to be acting sick or lethargic at all, and does a lot of chasing/getting chased by the other guppies. is it just damage from his rough-and-tumble personality?

its hard to see on the video, but i just got 6 guppies yesterday and theyve all been pretty active except 1, who spends most of his time hiding under driftwood or dragonstone. he’s been moving around and he can swim, last night he left his hiding spot to graze with the others, but went back down to his spot after and has been there for many hours. could this just be where he decided his territory is, could it just be stress from the travel, or could he be sick? im worried about him not eating. what should i do?

just got my first ever batch of guppies!! really excited but also nervous, i want them to be as happy and healthy as possible. does this lady look sick or could it just be algae?

im using aquarium co-op root tabs as well as their easy-green liquid fertilizer. the light I have is a seaoura on a 24-hour cycle. the only thing that really seems to be thriving is algae... could it be my substrate? (caribsea eco-planted) or maybe too much light? not good quality enough lighting? i seem to be killing even the hardiest of plants and I don't know what to do :(